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Scientists are alarmed by signs of collapse in Earth's natural carbon sinks
(www.motherjones.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
You're asking a huge question. But to break it down, yes, thousands of studies exist, many of them paid for by the very companies doing the chemical dumping, deforestation, and natural resource pillaging.
Here's the paper they reference in the article itself: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2024/nrs_2024_pan_001.pdf
All of this human activity, for the purposes of energy generation, agriculture, gasoline, and plastics for every day living affects the Earth and its interconnected systems. Destroying forests for wood or other resources means there are fewer carbon sinks on Earth to absorb all of the carbon we create while destroying the Earth. It's a self-perpetuating crisis. The impact comes from humans and our greed for more money.